3 Everyday Challenges in Finance Increasing pressure to support the entire enterprise Senior Management How can I help grow revenue and shareholder value? A/R and Collections How can we streamline payment processes? Finance How can we reduce the cost of financial compliance? Auditors & Regulators How can we reduce material and inventory costs? How can I help LOBs understand their most important metrics? Supply Chain Business Managers SAP AG 2007, Dr. Jens Baumann, Mastering SAP Financials / 3

67 Modernizing the Core The CIO dilemma Once my system is up and running, you can touch my core processes once every 5 years... and it needs to be a Saturday and my CEO wants me to innovate every quarter CIO, Fortune 1000 Manufacturing Company SAP AG 2007, Dr. Jens Baumann, Mastering SAP Financials / 67

71 ERP Enhancement Packages Innovation w/o disruption Installation of new functionality separated from activation via Business Functions Plug & Stay No UI or process changes by installation due to new functions behind Business Functions NetWeaver integration hubs (BI, XI, PI, ) stay on same NW release (NetWeaver 2004s) EA* or Industry Extensions ECC Stability System will behave as before if no Business Function is activated System will only change in areas where Business Functions are activated Enhancement Packages contain most current Support Package level from underlying / corresponding ERP 2005 release Activate & Play Usual regression test and modification adjustment efforts due to incorporated Support Package Stack but reduced training efforts for new functionality due to only selective UI and process changes by activated business functions Test case templates for new functionality available (structured by business function) to support efficient testing by the customer for new / changed functionality SAP AG 2007, Dr. Jens Baumann, Mastering SAP Financials / 71

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78 Some FAQ s? What s the latest release? SAP ERP 6.0??? When was SAP ERP 6.0 generally available? How many customers are live on SAP ERP 6.0? What s the difference between SAP ERP 6.0 and R/3 4.6C? May 2006 Over 3000 Details: SAP Service Marketplace / Solution Browser Detailed information on upgrading to SAP ERP is available on For more information about EHP2 and Ramp-Up: SAP AG 2007, Dr. Jens Baumann, Mastering SAP Financials / 78

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